Frankfurt 2015: Production-Ready Infiniti Q30 Set For Debut

by Cameron Aubernon

Published: June 20th, 2015

frankfurt 2015 production ready infiniti q30 set for debut

Two years ago in Frankfurt, the Infiniti Q30 debuted before the world in concept form. Come this September, it will return with a production-ready look.

The brand is putting the finishing touches on its first-ever compact luxury car, including “dynamic testing and ultimate validation” in the United Kingdom — where development of the Q30 was completed last year — and across the Channel in Europe.

Following its debut in mid-September, the Q30 will hit European showrooms from Nissan’s production line in Sunderland, England at the end of 2015, with other markets set to get theirs in 2016.

The Q30 and its sibling compact crossover, the upcoming QX30, are expected to receive power from the same 2.0-liter turbo-four found under the bonnets of the Mercedes-Benz CLA and GLA, whose basic underpinnings also provides a foundation for the Infiniti compacts. The exchange is part of a joint venture between Daimler AG and Renault-Nissan.

For now, this spy shot from Infiniti is the best we’ve got until closer to showtime:

(Photo credit: Infiniti)

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Cameron Aubernon

Seattle-based writer, blogger, and photographer for many a publication. Born in Louisville. Raised in Kansas. Where I lay my head is home.

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Lightspeed on Jun 21, 2015

This will sell really well for Infiniti. It's a compact-ish, luxury-ish, cheap-ish, CUV-ish thing.

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Corey Lewis on Jun 22, 2015

IMO, the Q50 is small enough, and if you really want a kinda small SUV (not CUV, in this case) you can have the EX. I looked over a Q50S on Saturday at the casino, and it had hardly any legroom anyway. And was not that large. And I don't like their current styling trend of that squished Hoffmeister at the back doors. It's so forced. The Q50 was unlocked, so I got a nice whiff of the great leather, but when I felt it was not too pleased with the texture and thickness.

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